Wide Prairie | ||||
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Released | 26 October 1998 | |||
Recorded | 1972–1980, 1987–1989, 1998 | |||
Genre | Pop, rock | |||
Length | 52:09 | |||
Label | Parlophone | |||
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Compiler | Paul McCartney | |||
Linda McCartney chronology | ||||
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Singles from Wide Prairie | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Entertainment Weekly | B− [2] |
NME | 2/10 [3] |
Pitchfork | 6.8/10 [4] |
Wide Prairie is a posthumous compilation album by Linda McCartney, compiled by her husband Paul McCartney and released in October 1998, roughly six months after her death due to breast cancer. The idea for the album was inspired by a fan who wrote Paul McCartney inquiring about "Seaside Woman", a song Wings released under the name Suzy and the Red Stripes featuring Linda on lead vocals. [5]
To promote the album, Paul McCartney held an 80 minute webcast on 17 December 1998. During the show, McCartney answered questions submitted by the fans about Linda and the recording of the album, played promo videos and cooked mashed potatoes. [6] [ better source needed ] The album reached #127 in the UK charts with two singles released in support. The title track made the top 75, at #74, [7] while "The Light Comes from Within" charted at #56. [7]
All tracks are written by Linda McCartney, except where noted
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Recording Information | Length |
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1. | "Wide Prairie" | Recorded by Wings on 20 November 1973 in Paris, and in July 1974 in Nashville, Tennessee. | 4:33 | |
2. | "New Orleans" | Recorded in New Orleans February 1975 during Wings sessions for their album Venus and Mars, with further recording taking place on 24 May 1979. | 3:13 | |
3. | "The White Coated Man" | Linda McCartney, Paul McCartney, Carla Lane | Recorded on 21 March 1988 and on 18 July 1989, a song critical of the practice of vivisection. | 2:13 |
4. | "Love's Full Glory" | Recorded on 16 July and October 1980 | 3:46 | |
5. | "I Got Up" | L. McCartney, P. McCartney | Recorded on 11 November 1973 and 20 March and 9 July 1998. | 3:19 |
6. | "The Light Comes from Within" | L. McCartney, P. McCartney | Recorded on 18 March 1998 in Paul's Hog Hill Studio with Paul and son James McCartney, this turned out to be Linda's final recording session before her death. | 2:57 |
7. | "Mister Sandman" | Pat Ballard | Recorded in Jamaica at The Black Ark studio, on 20 June 1977 and in Scotland in August of the same year. | 2:50 |
8. | "Seaside Woman" | Recorded by Wings on 27 November 1972. Released as a single 31 May 1977. Included in a short film by Oscar Grillo that won the Palme d'Or award at the Cannes Film Festival. The first song Linda ever wrote, according to Paul. | 3:54 | |
9. | "Oriental Nightfish" | Recorded by Wings on 4 October 1973 during sessions for Band on the Run. Included in a short film titled Oriental Nightfish by Linda McCartney and Ian Emes. | 2:49 | |
10. | "Endless Days" | L. McCartney, Mick Bolton | Recorded on 21 October 1987. | 3:11 |
11. | "Poison Ivy" | Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller | Recorded on 21 October 1987. | 2:54 |
12. | "Cow" | L. McCartney, P. McCartney, Lane | Recorded on 24 July 1988. | 4:24 |
13. | "B-side to Seaside" | L. McCartney, P. McCartney | Recorded on 16 March 1977 specifically as the B-side for the single "Seaside Woman". | 2:38 |
14. | "Sugartime" | Charlie Phillips, Odis Echols | Recorded in Jamaica at The Black Ark studio, on 20 June 1977 and on 7 July 1998 in England. | 2:06 |
15. | "Cook of the House" | L. McCartney, P. McCartney | Originally released in 1976 on the Wings album Wings at the Speed of Sound and also as the B-side to "Silly Love Songs". | 2:37 |
16. | "Appaloosa" | L. McCartney, P. McCartney | Recorded on 7 March 1998 in Paul's Hog Hill Studio, inspired by the history of the Nez Perce tribe and their Appaloosa horses. | 4:44 |
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